used in combination with repositories found automatically in
a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
- variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
+ variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
+ a absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
+ --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
+ Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
+ --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
+ the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
+ of your working tree.
core.logAllRefUpdates::
Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
- reported by umask(2). See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
+ reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
+ files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
+ user's umask value, and thus, users with a safe umask (0077) can use
+ this option. Examples: '0660' is equivalent to 'group'. '0640' is a
+ repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
+ See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
branch.autosetupmerge::
Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches
- so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
- remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
+ so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
+ starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
- and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to true.
+ and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
+ automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
+ starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
+ done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
+ branch. This option defaults to true.
+
+branch.autosetuprebase::
+ When a new branch is created with `git-branch` or `git-checkout`
+ that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
+ up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
+ When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
+ When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
+ other local branches.
+ When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
+ remote branches.
+ When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
+ branches.
+ See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
+ branch to track another branch.
+ This option defaults to never.
branch.<name>.remote::
When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
branch.<name>.rebase::
When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
- instead of merging the default branch from the default remote.
+ instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
+ "git pull" is run.
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
for details).
+browser.<tool>.cmd::
+ Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
+ specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
+ as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].)
+
browser.<tool>.path::
Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
`added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
`changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
- or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
- these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
+ `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git), or
+ `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
+ to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
+ color.branch.<slot>.
commit.template::
Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
`.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
include the dot if you want it).
+format.pretty::
+ The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
+ See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
When there are more than this many packs that are not
marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
--auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
- default value is 20. Setting this to 0 disables it.
+ default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
gc.packrefs::
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`.
+gc.pruneexpire::
+ When `git gc` is run, it will call `prune --expire 2.weeks.ago`.
+ Override the grace period with this config variable.
+
gc.reflogexpire::
`git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
this time; defaults to 90 days.
'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
+gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
+ Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
+ database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
+ for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
+ linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
+ characters will be replaced with underscores.
+
All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be
specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
access method.
+gui.commitmsgwidth::
+ Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
+ linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
+
+gui.diffcontext::
+ Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
+ made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
+
+gui.matchtrackingbranch::
+ Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
+ default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
+ not. Default: "false".
+
+gui.newbranchtemplate::
+ Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
+ linkgit:git-gui[1].
+
+gui.pruneduringfetch::
+ "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
+ performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
+
+gui.trustmtime::
+ Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
+ timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
+
+gui.spellingdictionary::
+ Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
+ the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
+ off.
+
help.browser::
Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+log.date::
+ Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
+ value is similar to using git log's --date option. The value is one of
+ following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
+ See linkgit:git-log[1].
+
log.showroot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
-merge.summary::
- Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
- merge commit messages. False by default.
-
-merge.tool::
- Controls which merge resolution program is used by
- linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
- "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff".
-
-merge.verbosity::
- Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
- strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
- message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
- conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
- above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
- Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+man.viewer::
+ Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
+ 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
-merge.<driver>.name::
- Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
- merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+include::merge-config.txt[]
-merge.<driver>.driver::
- Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
- merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+man.<tool>.cmd::
+ Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
+ specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
+ passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
-merge.<driver>.recursive::
- Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
- performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
- See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+man.<tool>.path::
+ Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
+ display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
mergetool.<tool>.path::
Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
your tool is not in the PATH.
+mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
+ Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
+ specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
+ variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
+ containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
+ 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
+ the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
+ file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
+ merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
+ tool should write the results of a successful merge.
+
+mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
+ For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
+ the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
+ successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
+ timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
+ if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
+ indicate the success of the merge.
+
+mergetool.keepBackup::
+ After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
+ can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
+ is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
+ `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
+
pack.window::
The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise
the default is 1.
-pack.packSizeLimit:
+pack.packSizeLimit::
The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It
can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
linkgit:git-push[1].
+remote.<name>.mirror::
+ If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
+ as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.
+
remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
remote.<name>.receivepack::
The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
- option \--exec of linkgit:git-push[1].
+ option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
remote.<name>.uploadpack::
The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
- option \--exec of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
+ option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
remote.<name>.tagopt::
- Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching
- from remote <name>
+ Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
+ fetching from remote <name>
remotes.<group>::
The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
+receive.fsckObjects::
+ If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
+ objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
+ broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
+ Defaults to false.
+
receive.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects received in a push is below this
limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object